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Slowhand - The Life and Music of Eric Clapton (Hardcover)
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Slowhand - The Life and Music of Eric Clapton (Hardcover)
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'The masterful biographer Philip Norman has unearthed countless
fascinating details' DAILY MAIL Eric Clapton is acknowledged to be
rock's greatest virtuoso, the unrivalled master of its most
essential tool, the solid-body electric guitar. Clapton
transfigured three of the 1960s' most iconic bands, the Yardbirds,
Cream and Blind Faith, walking away from each when it failed to
measure up to his exacting standards. He was the only outsider be
an honorary member of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and the
studio musician of choice for solo superstars from Bob Dylan to
Aretha Franklin. Yet even as a rock god in excelsis, his true
passion was always the blues. Even his own blues heroes, the likes
of Muddy Waters, B. B. King and Buddy Guy, would recognise the
supremacy of this wispy white boy from the English county of
Surrey. No life has been more rock 'n' roll than Clapton's in his
epic consumption of drugs and alcohol, his insatiable appetite for
expensive cars, clothes, and women - most famously revealed when he
fell in love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George
Harrison, and the inspiration for 'Layla'. With the benefit of
unrestricted access to family members, close friends and fellow
musicians, and his encyclopedic knowledge of sixties music and
culture, Philip Norman has written the definitive portrait of the
insecure, often pain-racked man.
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